We discuss a residence-time-based operating scheme that can be applied to a wide class of bistable sensor devices. The detection of physical signals embedded in noise background is realized via the monitoring of the residence times in the metastable attractors of the system. This scheme for...

We review the experimental characterization of stochastic processes in vertical cavity lasers. The system described here allows for several promising experimental studies which are presented in this work.

This paper is part three in a series on the dynamics of two coupled, parametrically driven pendulums. In the previous parts Banning and van der Weele (1995) and Banning et al. (1997) studied the case of linear coupling; the present paper deals with the changes brought on by the inclusion of a...

X-Chromosome inactivation is the process whereby one of the two X-chromosomes in female cells is silenced to prevent the cell producing too much of any X-linked proteins and RNA. The proposed blocking-factor mechanism of X-inactivation is not well understood and hence is the subject of much...

We present a numerical study concerning the defocusing mechanism of isochronous resonance island chains in the presence of two permanent robust tori. The process is initialized and concluded through bifurcations of fixed points located on the robust tori. Our approach is based on a Hamiltonian...